St. Landry democrat., 1887-01-01
M'CUADE'S DOODLE.

New YORK, Dec 20-lnterest in the fate
Of the convicted boodler took large crowds
again to the Court of General Sessions
this morning. At 1915 a. m. the court
| was so crowded as to scarcely admit even
IL standing spectator.
Before the proceedings began the Re
cOrder held a long conversation with
Lawyer NeWcomb.
General Tracy, for the defense asked for
a reading of the minutes Of the last SEES
sion, and they were read.
General Tracy then moved for new
trial and stated, in order, many reasons
for the motion. Among them the most
| prominent were that the verdict was con-
! trary to law and against the evidence: that
! the court made measurements of law; that
| the court committed error in admitting
! jurors not qualified for duty. etc
Distrct-Attorney MARITIME then rose and
! read an affidavit made that morning by
! Mr.. Rosenberg and nine other Jurors
swearing that when they rendered the
! verdict. which they honestly believed to be
| just, they had no knowledge or intimation
whatever that the daily papers or any one
! accused the jurors of being manipulated,
and though Nesbt and Vickerman came in
court they had no idea of the reason that
8
he had read a para graph in paper to the
effect that Rosenberg had been bought,
but that when Nesbit and EicIerman APP
peared in court Rosenberg said to him
there are two men l discharged for
drunkenness.' but that neither he nor
Rosenberg imagined why they were il.
court.
General Tracy replied that he had hoped
to hear an affidavit from the district attor-
ney as to why he had not produced the &C
cusers of the jurors during the recess and
not while the trial was proceeding.
After denying the motion to set aside
the verdict and grant a new trial,
Recorder Smythe ordered McQuade TO be
called for sentence. The prisoner then
stood up, and General Tracy, of his coun-
sci, said: The defendant has nothing to
say, except that he bows to the verdict Of
the jury, and further to call your honor's
attention to the fact that many of his
neighbors are here ready and anxious to
bear testimony to his previous good char
acter.n
The Recorder then passed sentence as
follows:
''McQuade after a fair and impartial trial by
jury of unusual intelligence and strict in
tegrity so far as I have been able to ascertain.
you have been convicted and properly convicted. |
of the crime charged in the indictment. Now, |
to man of your intelligence and man oc-
cupying the position which you did in |
this community, it is unnecessary to |
repeat what you heard me probably |
say to the jury-that it was a |
grave crime. one of the gravest crimes which |
could possibly be committed by person oc-
cupying the high position that you did at the
time the crime was committed You occupied |
a public position. You were intrusted by the
people of a large district to look after their in
terests, and to look generally after the publ,
interests, and, instead of doing so, you violated
the oath which you took when you entered upon
the discharge of the duties of that office, ami
you committed the crime Of bribery. public
officer, intrusted with public trust, who vio-
lates the law in respect to his duties, should.
and must be punished more severely than
private individual is punished who commits Il
crime, and the sentence l am about to pas
upon you must necessarily be more severe thar
t would be upon private person, for the rea
sons which have just named.
I sincerely sympathize with YOUR family
They will suffer probably more than you will
he consequences of your crime: but you
should have thought Of that. You should
lave regarded their position and the
consequences which would naturally follow
rom any wrong-doing on your part so far as
hey were concerned. And while have every
sympathy for them and every respect for them,
till I must not, sitting here as a Judge. permit
ny sentiments to get the better of my judg-
nent and of my sense Of duty to the pos ition l
occupy.
There is evidence before me, and it was con-
eded upon the trial of this case by the dis
that up to the time that YOU
the law upon this occasion your
haracter stood high in the community in
which you lived, as business man, as a citizen
md as father and husband. Evidence of
hat character is entitled to great weight and
lways receives at the hands of the court the |
Weight that it is justly and properly entitled to-
your case differs from the case of Jaehne in
hat respect. He was man Of bad character |
gu presented evidence here of good character
no the statute giving to a judge Il large discre-
ion in that respect Intended that that discre-
ion should be exercised in just such case as
his is.
Another fact in - II favor is the fact that
gu did not take the witness stand. as Jaehne
id, and add to the crime which YOU had al
eady committed the crime of wilful and cor
upt perjury.
intend to give you the benefit as far as can
o it, of those two facts in passing the sentence
Thich am about to pronounce.
The money which you received and there is
violence upon which have the right to infer
hat you received as much at least, as Duffy
id. He testified to the fact that he received
10000 in different instances. Fullgraff testified
, the fact that he received $4,000, and there is
in the absence of any proof
} the contrary :, from which I have the
ght to justly and properly infer, that you
ecelved an amount at least equal to the
mount that Duffy received. That money was
OF yours. 1t is not yours 1t is money
orruptly and improperly obtained by you. It
money that you have no right, either in
lorals or law, to give your children even the
pparent benefit of, and conscientious man
ould transmit to his children money which
lust ultimately result instead of a blessing. in
aing curse upon you.
You have lived in this city. and lived long
1ough to see that other men who have done ,
mllar acts to the one of which you have been
trnn emit tnl l,.,i,.